There is a lot of energy in the world, with lots of different names. Two main types of energy are kinetic energy (KE), the energy of movement, running, jumping, waving, ect., and then there is Gravitational Potential Energy (GPE), which is the energy of working against gravity, something that is in the air and has the potential to fall. Which there is more of ? To me the obvious answer would be KE. There are many things with KE, any movement is kinetic energy. In order to have a maximum amount of GPE you must use KE to get there, and what must must come up must come down, using KE and losing GPE. If you think of some examples of GPE you can see the KE working in it in massive amounts. A plane, for example, can go very high, and contract huge amounts of GPE. The whole time it is gaining GPE though it has a lot of KE traveling at 400 mph. After reaching the maximum GPE it can not go any higher while the plane's speed can still be increasing. as the plane descends and loses GPE It is gaining KE as it drops. You can also see this in space shuttles and paper airplanes. If in order to get GPE you need KE I think that it is obvious that there is a lot more KE then GPE in the world.
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